抄録
High-power laser irradiation creates extremely higher-pressure and density conditions in materials than conventional pulsed-power devices. Here we present new experimental results on ultrafast solid-solid phase transformation of silicon from semiconductor to metal and laboratory synthesis of a water-rich extrasolar planet. These interdisciplinary works motivate new experiments using an emerging, intense and coherent light source as observation tool in order to reveal new behavior and/or diversity of material under tera-Pascal pressures and femtosecond dynamics.
